Simca 8 Roux Speciale, 1939.
Story and photos by Alessandro Gerelli
Automedon is a two day event held every year in the exhibition center of the Bourget Airport near Paris. This year to celebrate its 15th edition, the main theme of the event was Simca and the Club Simca France presented many Simcas of the 40s and 50s.
But as usual, in the parking lot outside, many production cars, including Italians, Germans and Americans, attracted the attention of the enthusiastic visitors, and for us, perhaps even more fun than the show itself!
Nice cars, nice weather, lot of people…thoroughly enjoyable!
Delahaye 135, winner of the Le Mans 24 hours of 1938.
Ligier JS2, 1972-75
Panhard Dyna Junior X87, 1953.
Simca Vedette Versailles, 1956.
Simca Sport Aronde Oceane, 1957.
Simca Vedette President, 1959.
Simca 8 Sport Figoni & Falaschi, 1950.
Simca 9 Sport Figoni, 1954.
BNC presented by Friends of the BNC
Gordini T15 Type 188 sport, 1952.
Simca 8 Gordini Barquette, 1939.
Simca 5 Racer 500, 1953.
Renè Bertè Speciale, 1948.
Simca Bouvet Caron, 1954.
Simca Germaine Morere, 1949.
Simca 5 Decouvrable, 1942.
Isetta Velam, 1955.
Simca 5 berlinette Le Mans, 1939.
Simca 8 1200 cabriolet, 1950.
Simca Fiat 1100 berline, 1935.
Simca Fiat 1100 11CV cabriolet, 1937.
Renault Sport 1997
In the Parking Lot….
Simca Rallye 2
Matra Bonnet DJet.
Osi Ghia with V6 Ford engine.
Peugeot 202.
Peugeot 302.
Delahaye, 1935.
A colored set of Citroen 2CVs.
Facel Vega K 500
Facel Vega Facel III
Citroen Alley.
A very nice set of pictures. Some types were unknown for me. Thanks.
The yellow Simca 8 Roux grille reminded me of an Allard J2X, which was owned by a friend. I would guess that the scale is different. I once had two Panhard Juniors (one a rolling chassis) It was good to refresh my memory. Don
A Delahaye 135 winner of the 1937 Le Mans 24 hours ??? To the best of my knowledge, the winner was the Bugatti 57 G of Jean-Pierre Wimille and Robert Benoist !
There was a Delahaye 135 S with race nr 10 at the 3rd place, but it did not look very much like the car diplayed at Automedon…
We insert errors such as this to make sure our more astute readers are tuning in. Well, they were! Year was 1938. Thanks Pierre and we’ll correct!
In my opinion the nicest Simcas ever was missing: The “8” Sport Cabriolet and Coupe by Pininfarina, 1950.